Corn-husker.



N. & L. HEWIT.

CORN HUSKER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 18, 1912 mm M m Mm TUH eon u P 0 h. 3 P 1 J 0 8 w.6 m.. M, 1 W

JOLUMHIA PLANOGRAPH co wAsluNn'roN, D4 C.

N. & L. HEWIT.

CORN HUSKER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 18, 1912.

Patented July 22, 1913.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

NICK HEWI'I AND LYMAN HEWIT, OF SEVILLE, OHIO;

CORN-HUSKER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 22, 1913.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that we, N101; Hanna and LYMAN Hnwitr, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Seville, in the county of Medina and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corn-I-luskers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to corn huskers, and has for its object toprovide a machine of simple structure which is adapted to receive stalksof corn with the ears thereon sidewise. The stalks, with the fodderattached thereto, are passed through the machine without separating ortearing the fodder from the stalks, while means are provided forsnapping the cars from the stalks and permitting them to gravitate uponsuitable husking rolls with which the machine is provided. The stalks,after they have been relieved of the ears and with the fodder stilladhering thereto, are collected and tied in bundles by mechanismssimilar to those used upon ordinary grain binders.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to thefollowing de scription and accompanying drawings in which:

lt igiu'e 1 is a top plan View of the husker; Fig. 2 is a side elevationof the same; Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the same; Fig. +1 is atransverse sectional view of the same; Fig. 5 is a transverse sectionalview of one of the husking rolls.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawingsby the same reference characters.

The machine consists of a frame 1 which is provided with a platform 2.The platform extends downwardly and is continued into a chute 3 at thelower edge of which is located a deck 41. The platform 2 provi ded atone end portion with an opening 5. flushing rolls 6 are ournaled forrotation below the platform 2 and are in inclined. po-

sitions with their upper ends below the opening These husking rolls maybe of any usual or desired pattern and are rotated toward each other inthe usual manner. A shaft 7 is journaled upon the frame 1. above thechute 3, and is provided with a snapping roll 8 which is locatedopposite the opening in the platform 2. This snappil'ig roll ispreferably cylindrical and is of relatively large diameter. It isprovided upon its periphery with a series of spaced cleats 9, the endsof which terminate short of the ends of the roll. Pins 10 are mountedupon the periphery of the roll 8 beyond the ends of the cleats 9. A hood11 is mounted upon the frame 1 and extends over the cleats t) with oneend portion disposed opposite the opening 5 in the platform 2. A fender12 is hinged to the edge of the hood 11 which is nearest the opening 5,and the said fender hangs approximately in a vertical position. alongthat side of the snapping roll 8 which is nearest to the said opening 5.A shaft 13 is journaled upon the frame 1 and carries a snapping roll 14;which is of relative small diameter. This roll 1 1 is located at thelower portion of the opening 5, and a shield 15 is mounted upon theframe 1, its upper portion extending over the upper part of the snappingroll 141. A shaft 16 is journaled upon the frame 1 under the deck 41 andis provided with a roller 17. A roller 18 is journaled under the huskingrolls 6. A belt 19 is trained around the rolls 1'? and 1S, and the upperrun of the said belt is adapted to move from under the husking rolls 6toward the deck This belt adapted to carry husks, after they have beenremoved from the cars, from under the husking rolls and deposit the samethrough an opening 20 with which the deck 41- is provided upon the upperside of the deck in the vicinity of the upper edge thereof. A bundletying and bundle ejecting mechanism, indicated gene ally at 211, is arranged to operate from the deck, and as this mechanism is of the usualpattern employed. in grain binders and forms no part of the presentinvention, a further description of the same is unnecessary.

An engine 2 may be mounted upon the frame 1 or may be located in closeproximity thereto, and is operatively connected in any suitable mannerwith the shaft 7.

The parts of the machine are oporatively connected with the shaft 7 bymeans of chain belts or inter-meshing gear wheels in any suitablemanner.

In o iieration, the stalks of the fodder and the ears thereon are laidupon the platform 2, and the said stalks are permitted to pass sidewisedown the chute 3. The cars are directed through the opening 5 in theplat form 2. The stalks pass between the snapping rolls 8 and 1 1, andthe pins .10 engage the stalks and the fodder and carry the stalks andfodder down along the chute 3. When the ears arrive at the shield 15 andthe fender 12, the shanks of the ears are pinched between the cleats 9and the corner portion of the snapping roll 14, and thus the ears aresnapped from the stalks and they fall upon theupper ends of the huskingrolls 6 Where the husks are removed. The cars slide down the huskingrolls while the husks pass between, the rolls and fall uponthe upper runof the belt 19; The said belt carries the husks to the deck at. After asuflicient, quantity of stalks and husks have been collected upon thedeck, the bundle tying mechanism indicated at 21, operates and the saidmaterial is bound in the formv of a bundle, and the bundle is thenejected. from the deck in the usual; manner. Therefore it will be seenthat a machine of simple structureisprovided and that the stalks withthe fodder thereon may be passed, through the machine without shreddingor tearing the fodder or removing the same from the stalks. The bundlematerial may be used for forage, and the ears are denuded and may beused for feed or are in fit condition for shelling.

Having described the invention, what is claimed asnew is:

1. A machine of the character set' forth comprising a platform having anopening in one end, a snapping roll mountedbelow said opening. andangular in cross section, a larger snapping roll mounted in spacedrelation to the platform adjacent said opening and provided on itsperiphery with longitudinal spaced cleats adapted to co-act with thesmaller angular snapping roll.

2. A machine of the character set forth comprising a platform, a chuteleading therefrom, a snapping roller disposed between the platform andthe chute, a larger snapping roller arranged above'the chute and inspaced relation to the platform, a deck extending from the chute andhavlng an opening adjacent thereto, husking rollers disposed below theplatform and in advance 3. In, a, machine of the character described,journaled snapping rolls one of which is of relatively great diameterand provided upon its periphery with spaced cleats and pins locatedbeyond the ends of the cleats,,t-he other being of relatively smalldiameter and angular in transverse section.

4;. In a machine of the character described, journaled husking rolls oneof which is of relatively great diameter and provided upon its peripherywith work engaging members, a hood extending over said roll and providedwith a hinged fender, the other roll being of relatively small diameterand angular in transverse section, and a shield extending over thesmaller roll.

5. In a machine of the character indi cated, ournaled snapping rolls oneof which is of relatively great diameter and the other of relativelysmall diameter, a platform having anopening located opposite thesnapping rolls, the larger snapping roll having upon its peripheryspaced cleats and pins located beyond the ends of the cleats, a hoodextending over the larger snapping roll, a fender hinged to the hood andlocated opposite the opening of the platform, and a shield extendingover the smaller snapping roll.

In testimony whereof we afiiX our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

NICK HEYVIT. LYMAN HEXVIT.

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